No one was injured in the blaze, which started around noon at the building at 2571 Orange Ave., said Battalion Chief William Kershaw of the Costa Mesa Fire Department. Costa Mesa and Newport Beach firefighters arrived at the scene to find residents safely out of the two-story structure, which had smoke and flames coming from the back.

Damage was limited to the living room of an upstairs unit and a downstairs garage. The fire began in the garage, in the area of the water heater, Kershaw said.

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